Nova Karakuba

Nova Karakuba Нова Каракуба
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Coordinates: 47°33′35″N 37°04′17″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Raion	Volnovakha
Hromada	Staromlynivka rural hromada
Area
• Total	8.231 km^2 (3.178 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	3,828
• Density	470/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Area code	+380 6243

Nova Karakuba (Ukrainian: Нова Каракуба), until 2024 known as Krasna Poliana (Ukrainian: Красна Поляна; Russian: Красная Поляна, romanized: Krasnaya Polyana) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.[1]

History

The modern village is the result of a merger of two historic villages: the Greek colony of Nova Karakuba and the German colony of Elizavetdorf.[a]^[citation needed]

Nova Karakuba was renamed to Krasna Poliana on 15 August 1945.[2]

On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to restore the name Nova Karakuba to the village.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 4606, of whom 12.44% spoke Ukrainian, 80.26% spoke Russian, 7.1% spoke Greek, 0.11% spoke German, and 0.04% spoke Belarusian.[4]

Notable people

• Maksym Chekh, Ukrainian footballer

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Єлизаветдорф; Russian: Елизабетдорф, romanized: Elizabetdorf; German: Elisabethdorf

References

1. "село Красна Поляна". Retrieved 27 August 2023.^[dead link‍]
2. Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 15.8.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
3. Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions]. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
4. "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2022.